REGULATIONS
A. Open for Bids FIDE Events
A. World Junior Championship 2014
B. World Senior Championship 2014
C. World Amateur Championship 2014
D. World Youth U16 Olympiad 2014
E. World School Indiv
Sergey Volkov finished clear first at the 2nd Livigno Open. The Russian grandmaster scored 7/9 and ended above GMs Peter Michalik, Georgy Timoshenko and Dmitry Svetushkin, who scored 6.5 points.
During the final game it was enough for Volkov to draw
Sergey Volkov finished clear first at the 2nd Livigno Open. The Russian grandmaster scored 7/9 and ended above GMs Peter Michalik, Georgy Timoshenko and Dmitry Svetushkin, who scored 6.5 points.
During the final game it was enough for Volkov to draw
Sergey Tiviakov edged out Salvador Del Rio De Angelis on tie-break to win the first Isthmia Open in Korinthia, Greece. Both grandmasters finished on 7/9. There was a total of 160 participants from 18 countries, including 20 GMs, 3 IMs, 2 WIMs and 3 F
There are dozens of chess improvement books on the market – impossible to read them all. But even if you’re tired of keeping track of the good ones, or if your most recent one is Dvoretsky and Yusupov’s classic Training for the Tour
Former British Champion and Olympiad gold medalist Matthew Sadler won the 13th Sants Open in Barcelona on Sunday with a score of 8.5/10. Playing his first long Swiss event in more than a decade, the English grandmaster defeated top seed Jan Smeets in
Marijan Petrov won one of the stronger summer opens of 2011: the Vienna Open. The Bulgarian grandmaster edged out David Shengelia of Austria on tie-break after both had finished on 7.5/9.
The stunning playing hall inside the Vienna Town hall | Photo
At the Manhattan Open in New York IM Vladimir Romanenko and GM Alex Shabalov finished tied at the top of the Open Section. Scoring his third GM norm, Romanenko was declared winner on tie-break after both players finished with an unbeaten 7/9. Despite
Grassroots Chess Promotions Pvt. Ltd. (in association with the All India Chess Federation) and ICC have joined forces to bring to the worldwide chess community the first India Global Internet Speed Chess Tournament, running 20-21 & 27-28 August,
Is that Ruy Lopez a bit too complicated for you? No worries! In this week’s issue of ChessVibes Openings our editors show alternatives for the white player, which are both romantic and state of the art. The Evans Gambit, the Two Knights and the